In this Checklist for Success series, we will discuss reducing unknowns when hosting in the cloud using and migrating to Amazon Aurora. These tips might also apply to other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings.
Previous blogs in the migrating to Amazon Aurora series:

Percona’s very own Michael Benshoof posted an article called Supercharge your Amazon RDS for MySQL deployment with ProxySQL and Percona Monitoring and Management on the AWS Database blog.
In this article, Michael looks at how to maximize the performance of your cloud database Amazon RDS deployment. He shows that you can enhance performance by using ProxySQL to handle […]

In this blog post we’ll look at what the newly-released PostgreSQL minor versions contain. You probably want to update your current versions and use these updates.
You might already have seen that they released the updates for supported PostgreSQL versions on November 8, 2018. PostgreSQL releases minor versions with several bug fixes and feature […]

In this Checklist for Success series, we will discuss reducing unknowns when hosting in the cloud using and migrating to Amazon Aurora. These tips might also apply to other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings.
In our previous article, we discussed the importance of continuous query performance analysis, especially in Amazon Aurora where there is […]

Let’s talk about MySQL high availability (HA) and synchronous replication once more.
It’s part of a longer series on some high availability reference architecture solutions over geographically distributed areas.
Part 1: Reference Architecture(s) for High Availability Solutions in Geographic Distributed Scenarios: Why Should I Care?
Part 2: MySQL High Availability On-Premises: A Geographically Distributed Scenario
The Problem
A question I often […]

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In this article, we’ll look at an example of an on-premises, geographically distributed MySQL high availability solution. It’s part of a longer series on some high availability reference architecture solutions over geographically distributed areas.
Part 1: Reference Architecture(s) for High Availability Solutions in Geographic Distributed Scenarios: Why Should I Care?
Percona consulting’s main aim is […]

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In this series of blog posts, I’m going to look at some high availability reference architecture solutions over geographically distributed areas.
The Problem
Nowadays, when businesses plan a new service or application, it is very common for them to worry about ensuring a very high level of availability.
It doesn’t matter if we […]

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In this Checklist for Success series, we will discuss reducing unknowns when hosting in the cloud using and migrating to Amazon Aurora. These tips might also apply to other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings.
While DBaaS encapsulates a lot of the moving pieces, it also means relying on this approach […]

ProxySQL 1.4.12, released by ProxySQL, is now available for download in the Percona Repository along with an updated version of Percona’s proxysql-admin tool.
ProxySQL is a high-performance proxy, currently for MySQL and its forks (like Percona Server for MySQL and MariaDB). It acts as an intermediary for client requests seeking resources from the database. René Cannaò created […]

Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.23-24 on November 12, 2018 (downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). This release merges changes of MySQL 5.7.23, including all the bug fixes in it. Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.23-24 is now the current GA release in the 5.7 series. All of Percona’s software […]